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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
Annointment of Senator's.

The adjournment of the West Virginia
Legislature without choosing successor
toSehator rCamden, land the statement that
Gov. Wilson will now make the appoint
ment, awakens some interest 10 the
question whether such appointee would
be recognized by the Senate. PrOcedents
indicate that he would not be recognized.
The question of filling vacancies by ap-
pointment by the Governor was thor
oughly discussed in the case of Charles
II Bell, from New Hampshire. in 1879.
The term Of Senator Wadleigh expired
on March 4, and the Legislature to
choose his successor would not convene
until the ensuing June. Gov. Prescott
appointed Mr.. Bell Senator to hold until
the Legislature acted. The Senate Com>
mittee on Privileges and Elections re+
ported six to three against Mr.. Belts ad-
mission, but the Senate by a(vote of 30
to 2s admitted him to d seat. Most of
the Democrats, who were then in ma
jerity in the Senate. opposed admission.
and most of the Republicans favored it,.
but the question was not discussed as
or made in any respect party one.
Messrs. Bayard, Gordon, Groome, Jones,
of Florida, Mcdonald, Randolph, Voor-
bees, Whyle and Williams, Democrats,
voted for admission, and among the
negative votes were those of Messrs.
Carpenter, Conkling and Davis, of IL
llnois.
A number of the Senators who voted
for admission took the ground in the de-
bate that where the Legislature had an
opportunity to act-as it has had in
West Virginia-the Governor would
have no power to appoint The logic of
some of the others would lead to the
conclusion that they believed in the
power of the Governor to appoint when
ever vacancy existed at time when
the Legislature was not in session. This
would imply that the Governor of West
Virginia can act after the 4th of next
March, when the term expires and the
vacancy actually exists; but the weight
of the opinion in the Senate. if the ques
tion was raised in the West Virgins
case, would undoubtedly be against this
view.-Pitts. Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

Two POLITICAL events within the
week closing with the opening of March.
have not been pleasing or encouraging
to the Democracy. We refer to the
speech of Governor Hoadly, In which
he stated what everybody knows, but
Democrats have not heretofore aeknOwl-
edged. about the forgeries of October.
1885, in Fourth Ward, A-and to the
announcement that Charles VallsDdig'
ham is a John Sherman Republican.
These events, while not apparently
closely related, are associated with each
other.
1t was precisely the fraud by forgery
in Fourth Ward, A, upon which the
four Democratic Senators from this
county, who stuck to their seats 80 te+
naciously. depended. 1t was upon the
counting of this forgery that Dan Dali
ton certified them to their seats-and
the Democratic Supreme Court held that
forgery in that form was regular. 1t
was upon the four frauds that the Dem>
ecrats had majority in the Senate. and
with their aid that special Senate rules
were passed to protect and perpetuste
the representatives of plain forgery who
held the balance of power. 1t was the
policy of the Democratic party to use
the four creatures in the Senate to de-
feat the will of the people of Ohio-by
holding in the Senate Democratic veto
power.
In other words, forgery in Fourth
Ward, A, was under Democratic direc-
ton and contention to hold veto pow,
er over the people of Ohio, and the ex
press purpose for which it was used was
to continue our notoriously corrupt
Board of Public Works. The Democrat
ic party has been committed all over to
Fourth Ward, A, forgery. The Demo
cratic Senators of the committee before
whom it was demonstrated denied it.
and lied about Republican German
wards instead of confessing the truth,
and the witness who made out the red>
letter list of forged names, nearly FIVE
hundred strong, was discharged from
his place In the postal service and black
guarded and threatened by Democratic
roughs for doing so. Hoadly is the first
Democrat in Ohio, outside the Commit.
tee of One Hundred, who has told the
truth in public about Fourth Ward, A,
and he did 1t in very mild form. The
Democratic quarrel with Vallandigham
was because he would not use his office
dishonorably to break up the Legisla.
ture because the creatures of forgery
and their sympathizers had taken flight.
Gin. Com. Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
Home Thrusts at the President.

Firmness is good trait in public
officer, but obstinacy is in no wise COM
mendable. As the servant of the people
the President should seek to ascertain
the sentiments and wishes of the major
ity. especially in matters pertaining to
local government, and to meet the popu-
lar demand and expectation when he
can do so without compromising him.
self in any way or doing the slightest
injustice to the public service. Presi>
dent Cleveland has not acted on this
principle in the matter of the appoint
ment of Recorder of Deeds for the
District of Columbia. He has taken the
very opposite course, and is determined
to foist upon the people of Washington
an entire stranger when they are almost
unanimous in asking for the appoint
ment of some one of their own COM
munity.
This may be regarded as very small
matter, but it develops defect and in
consistency in the conduct of the Presi-
dent that the nation cannot overlook.
The Daily Star, local paper entirely
friendly to the administration and I'm
partial In its criticisms of the President
in speaking of the appointment of Mr.
Trotter to succeed the rejected Mr..
Matthews, says:-"The people of Washt
ington desire to express to the President
of the United States the surprise and
indignation which the Trotter appoint
ment inspires. The appointment of
Matthews may have been blunder ;the
appointment Of Trotter, indicating a
deliberate persistence in an un-Demo-
cratic and un-American line of conduct
is scarcely less than political crime"
These are harsh and bitter words, but
they are fully justified. The people Of
the District remember that "they have
no votes" and that by reason of their
want of political power "a Democratic
President may safely fosler un-Demo-
cratic carpet-bag-rule. civil service
reform President may safely treat the
offices as political spoils, and the Exeeu-
tive exponent of better methods may
safely resort to attempted race bribery"
The President must be thick-skinned
indeed if these home thrusts do not reach
the quick. as principle worth fig
which is sacrilised. where it can be done
safely to childish obstinacy or supposed
personal advancement? gain:-"This
appointment is an insult and slap
in the face to every district citizen,
violating pledges and ignoring natural
rights. 1t is double Insult to every
District Democratic, no one of whom is
fit, it seems, to be Recorder, fact com
pelling the President to import negro
barber from Boston to fill the Office. 1t
| is triple insult to the colored Demo.
Gratis in the District, who are snubbed
personally, politically and as citizens. "
Pittsburgh Com. Gaz.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
Debutau.e Come, to eri.t.

She was what we call bud-a debutante-
a girl in her first season Of such amnsements.
She was slim, gentle, demure and very, very
sweet. Her costume was white and simple
She was a picture of fragile beauty as she
shyly entered the ballroom, crossed the floor
on the arm Of her doting papa and sank down
into seat. Quick as fash she was on her
feet again, with rage sparkling out from her
bright eyes and blush Of fury reddening her
cheeks. She strobe out into the dressing room
and madly tore from the pulled tournours Of
her gown an embelhshment of flowers.
"Wbat on earth is the matterr asked q
friend.
Matter enough" she pettishly sobbed II
ordered the most fragrant kind of roses, so
that when 1 sat on them and crushed them
their fragrance would arise. Do you seei
But my stupid maid got the vilest smelling
orchids to be had for love or money-because
they were rare no doubt-and when sat
down and smashed them fiat, Just as I'd cal
culated, no perfume was scrunched out, but
instead an odor that fairly made my nose
curl That's what ails me. Clara Belle in
Pioneer Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
Grains of Gold.

The absent part, Is always faulty.
Nothing overcomes passion more than
silence.
The most difficult thing in life is to
know yourself.
Self love exaggerates both our faults
and our virtues.
Politeness is wreath of flowers that
adorns the world.
Impose not burden on others which
you cannot bear yourself.
You will never have friend if you
must have one without failings.
He that makes himself an ass must
not take it i'll if men ride him.
When man knows one thing well he
Is likely to ind out other things.
When men begin to glory in wicked>
ness, their punishment is not far off.
Man will ever mistake his true happi-
ness rs long as he Deglects to study ma
ture.
Malice and hatred are very fretting,
and apt to make our minds sore and
uneasy.
When hope is disappointed and blasts
ed, submission should be virtue, not u
necessity.
In ourselves, rather than in material
nature, lie the true source and life OF the
beautiful.
A good conscience fears no witnesses,
but guilty conscience is solicitOus
even in solicitude.
Application is the price to be paid for
mental acquisition. To have the harvest
we must SOW the seed.
A good deed is never lost; he who
sOws courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
CONSTIPATION

There is no medium through which
disease 80 often attacks the syTtsn
ss by Constipation, and there Is no
other LII fssh Is heir to,mors apt to
be neglected. from the fact material
Inconvenience may not be Immediate
ly felt from irregular action Of the
bowels. When there Is not regular
action, the retention Of dscayed and
ef7sts matter, with its poisonous
gases, soon poisons the whole system
by being absorbed into it, causing
piles, fstula, headache, impure blood
and many other serious affections.
BURD0GK BLOOD BITTERS will
Immediately relieve, and one bottle
positively cure or relieve any case
Of Constipation.
"Was troubled for a year with
torpid liver and Indigestion. and after
trying everything imaginable, used
BURDOCK BLOOD BTTTERS. The
first bottle revived me and thu, second
cured me entirsly.'@J.S. Williamson.
Rochester. N. Y.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

Ex-CoNGREssMAN GIDDINGs, of Texas
testifying before the Investigating Com.
mittee, said the character of the memoir
islists in the Washington county elec.
tion outrage affair, was bad. and that
they wanted to pose as martyrs before
the country. 1t will be seen that this Is
a brilliant explantion Of why the Dem
ocrsts broke open the ballot-boxes, and
'runned" colored Republican voters
away from the polls. Mr Giddings ap
pears to lose sight of the main fact de
veloped-namely. that there was vio
lently and intimidation which made d
fair election impossible. and that these
scenes occurred in a district in which
three fourth of the voters are Repub
licans.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

ONE of the amendments just made to
the Maine liquor Law, provides that the
payment of the United States revenue
tax for selling liquor shall be prima
facie evidence of the sale O, liquor, and
punishable as such. That is sensible
idea. No man will pay the governm emf
S25 for tax receipt unless he intends tC
sell liquor. The idea that these receipts
are produced to frame and hang up fol
their artistic effect. or to gratuitously
swell the federal revenues. is exploded
at last in Maine
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
The Russian and His Vodka.

No one deems it possible, suppose, yet
such is the fact, that the absolute government
of Russia is introducing among the peas
ants prohibition with vengeance. The tax
on vodka-a milder kind Of whisky-is so
high that the peasant cannot afford to drink
it but on such gala occasions as when q
bourgeois allows himself bottle Of cham
pagne; and, of course, on such an occasion,
the Russian mOujik deems it sacred duty to
get drunk. And SO he gets beastly drunk
four or five times year, and goes without
liquor all the rest of the year, though the
most eminent Russian scientists and physi-
clans consider it quite necessary for q Russian
underfed workman in this rigorous climate to
drink his small glass of vodka once day be-
fore dinner. As to tobacco, and even cigars,
they are considered by the government quite
unnecessary luxuries for the poor people, and
SO they are entirely deprived Of them
Chicago Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

The greenbacks of Michigan have q
compact organization Of 10000 to 10000
votes, which for several years have been
cast for Democratic candidates under
fusion agreements. With their help the
Democrats once elected Governor, and
Congressman on several occasions. Tie
results of last fall 8 election convinced
the Greenbackers that there WAS littIe
to be gained by alliance With Boureon>
ism, and at the state conVentions beid
last week they exaeted conditions that
the Democrats would not accept. The
result is that each convention nominat'
ed ticket to be voted for in April. In
1854 Blaine's vote in The state was
1872, ,669, and the fusion vote 1s9,36l. For
Governor in 1886, the Republican vote
was 1S1, ,474. and the fusion vote 174,042
Subtracting the greenback vote from the
fusion strength will enable the Repub
licans to carry the state by 10000
majority.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R
4 Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath morning and evening; Sabbath schoo
at $50 a. m; young peoples of Christian
endeavor, Monday evenings; general prayer
meeting, Wednesday evening. Strangers
welcome TO sI services
Nj ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
UuRev. w. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m- Sabbath School
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday pm.
Strangers are cordially invited TO all oul
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday oi
each month, Q pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays escf
month, Bpm Young womens prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at tht
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
A Game in which all Investors Los,

A Game in which all Investors Lose.
The man who won the largest lottery
prize ever drawn in this country is now
a miserable panper. In 1873, Richard
Penistan, a Philadelphia who was
already worth 100000, drew the whole
of the S5OO,OOO prize in the Havana lot
terry. and today he is supported by char
ity In the Forrest Home in that city. He
went through the whole of his suddenly
acquired wealth, and the property pre-
viously acquired by honest thrift, in
less than 10 years. He lost money in
every business and speculation he at
tempted after winning the prize. 1t is
bad enough to lose money in lotteries,
but it is even worse to win. Winning
small prize is only an incentive to
further investments, with almost q
certainty of being heavily out Of pocket
in the end. Winning large prize un'
settles the moral forces of mans
nature, weakens his discriminstive pow
er, destroys the usefulness of his life
and prevents him from ever honestly
achieving success. 1t Is fortunate that
only one in a million of investors In
these gambling concerns ever wins &
large prize, and pity that 80 many
thousands of otherwise fair judgment
are gulled into risking their money on ;
vain hope Of acquiring wealth thai
would ruin their honest prospects ir
life if they won 1t.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
END AND MEANS.

We spent our strength in labor day by
day;
We find new strength replacing old al
way;
And still we cheat ourselves, and still
we say:
mo man would work except to win
some prize,
We work to turn our hopes to certainties,
For gold or gear. or favor in mems eSes." :"
And all the while. the goal toward which
strain,
Up hill and down. in sunshine and in
Tain,
Needless Of toll, if so we may attain,
Is but lure, a heavenly-set decoy
To exercise and endeavor; full employ
OF every power, which is mans highest
joy.
And work becomes the end; reward the
means
To WOO us from our idleness and dreams,
And each is truly what the other seems.
So, Lord, with such poor service as we do,
Thy full salvation is our prize in view,
For which we long. and press unto,
Like great star on which we fix our
eyes,
1t dazzles from the high, blue distances,
And seems to beckon and to say, Arise.
And we arise and follow the hard way
Winning little nearer day by day,
Our bearts going faster than our foot
steps may;
To give our little selves to thee, to
blend
Our weakness with our strength.O Lord,
our friend,
This is life's truest privilege and end.
Susan Coolidge, in Independent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

In spite the brazen frauds which
placed two Democrats in seats to which
they were never elected, the Republi.
cans at Trenton have been able to con>
troll the situation so far as to overthrow
the schemer in whose interest these
crimes were committed. The elect
tion of one of the leading Re-
publican candidates would have been
more gratifying, but the downfall of
Albeit is of itself a cOnsummation for
which every friend of decency in poll
tics should be thankful Mr.. Blodgett.
the new Senator, Is man Of character.
ability and administrative force. He
has never been a violent partisan, but
be won the regard of the Republican
legislators by the efficient aid he rem
dered them in long contest against the
Ex-Governor, and it is believed that in
important matters of public policy he
will act with the party which has elect
ed HMM. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

The old-time Methodist habit of shout
ing "amen" and That's so. brother" in
church sometimes leads to ludicrous rer
suits. An instance occurred recently in
the Hanson Place Methodist Church in
Brooklyn. The Rev. George E. Reed iB
his sermon was telling of the benefits of
giving, and illustrated it by examples
from the Bible. An old gentleman fre'
quentIy interrupted by shouts of Amen
and That's So The preacher remarked
that some persons might doubt what he
told them, and say: oh, that's cnly
what Mr.. Reed says, and he doesn't
know much anyway" Just then the
familiar Interruption. That's so, both
err The house was cOnvuised with
laughter. and the pastor smiled and said ::
Your interruption came in al the
wrong place that time, brOther."-N. Y.
York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

GEORGE W. MoNIsTY was slave.and
was sold from his parents in 1853. being
taken to Mississippi He subsequently,
served as a Union soldier all through
the war, and finally settled at Lafayette.
Ind. While at Wabash station recently
George fancied he recognized two color
ed women who were passing en- route
to Iowa. The recognition was mutual,
and with tears. cries of joy. and embra>
ces, the mother, brother and sister came
together after a separation Of thirty
three years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
A Rose superstition.

1t has been declared, on the usually compe-
tent authority which originates superstitions
of every sort, that it is highly unlucky for .
rose, when worn on the person, TO scatter its
leaves on the ground venture 10 quote an
illustration of this from the @Life and Core
spondence Of NJ G. LewfSs The lady to
whom this portent happened was Miss Ray,
who was murdered at the piazza entrance Of
the Covent Garden theatre by man named
Hackman. When the carriage was announced,
and she was adjusting her dress, Mrs Lewis
remarked on Q beautiful rose which Miss
Ray wore in her bosom. Just as the words
were uttered the flower fell to the ground.
and when Miss Ray stopped down to pick ID
up the leaves scattered themselves On the
ground, the stalk only remaining In her hand
The poor girl, evidently affected by this Incl
dent, said, in a slightly fAlbering voice: 4
trust am not to consider this an evil omen.S
But soon recovering her presence Of mind,
she expressed q hope that they would meet
again after the performance, hope which is
was decreed should never be fulflled-An
the Year Round
-->,fa<,x n.- q ehA nauw naKna
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
He Was a Msthodist.

Each member of the legislature Is supplied
by the state with stationery and 500 worth
of stamps One OF Bedford county's members
last week applied to the resident clerk for his
Hrations," and upon being furnished with
paper, envelopes, ETC., said;
1Now viii take my stamps, II you please
@All right, sir, answered the clerk; what
denomination"
GAhI er-um," stammered the statesman;
"why, I'm Methodist" +"
But he got his stamps alice samee, and they
were not all of the same denomination.-Bed-
ford Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10
his mail a letter in feminine hand. The

letter read:
Il suppose in caricaturing Mr.. Phelps you
are anxious that he should be recognized.
Now as you drew him in your last cartoon no
one would recognize him, because he wears
no beard and his expression i5entirely differ
ent. ] inclose you recent photograph Of
your subject, and hope you viii study it TO
your advantage"
Mr.. Mast said he recognized that the point
made by his unknown correspondent was
good one, and he at once began to think how
he could make his whiskered Phelps appear
nationally without a beard. Suddenly an in
spiration suggested that he should make the
change in the picture as Mr.. Phelps had
made it-namely, by the use of the razor. So
he quickly made the sketch, which is said to
be better likeness of Mr.. Phelps than any
other executed by Keppler, Gillian for Mast.
Reference is made to the cartoon in which
Mr.. Phelps is seated in BARRIERS chair, while
Ben Butler, in the guise of barber, wields
the razor, with which he has just made the
last pass over his victims face. This gave
clean shaven man to Mr. Nast,s collection,
and in the next cartoon Mr.. Phelps appeared
as his own beardless and banged self-Cor.
New York Mail and Express
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

Thomas Mast, who lives here, has submit
ted to an interview respecting the character
Of his work. On speaking of the uniformity
and symmetry Of the artists work Mr. Mast
gave an anecdote respecting his caricature Of
Congressman William Walter Phelps. He
said be had been introducing Mr. Phelps in a
great many cartoons, and always represented
him as wearing full beard. He considered
it a successful portrait, as he was not aware
that Phelps had applied the razor freely to
bis face. One morning Mr., Mast received in
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

THERE is still plenty of the stuff of
which heroes are made among the Amer
lean people, black as well as white, and
it only needs the emergency to develop
it. 1t is worthy of mention that at the
burning of the steamer Gardner, last
week down In Alabama, colored boy
Beebee McCaw, saved five lives by
swimming ashore with those who pre-
eipitated themselves into the water from
the burning vessel.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-10

THE weather has become an extre"
mist The weather bulletin says
The season just passed has been the
coolest for many years in most OF
the northern states, and the warmest in
Dearly all the southern states" There
should be a return to Republican
National administration.